Brown Harris Stevens settles in Duke Semans commission dispute


Paula Del Nunzio and the Duke Semans Mansion

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A commission dispute over the most expensive single residential purchase of 2010 has been settled, and Brown Harris Stevens brokers Paula Del Nunzio and Shirley Miller are now getting an undisclosed amount for their role in the $44 million sale of Tampir Sapir’s Duke Semans Mansion on Fifth Avenue, according to the Post. Sapir sold the 19,500-square-foot property to billionaire Carlos Slim earlier this year — two days after Del Nunzio and Miller’s exclusive listing agreement expired. The brokers had alleged that the timing was no coincidence — that Sapir had conspired with Slim’s broker, Soly Halabi of Venture Capital Properties (also The Real Deal’s best rookie broker of 2010), in waiting until the Brown Harris Stevens contract was up before signing the deal to avoid paying them a combined $880,000 commission fee. [Post]